Some nice animations and films by Pleix http://pleix.net/filter/film Pleix is a virtual community of digital artists based in Paris.
Converting photos into 3D models
Antonio Criminisi and Andrew Blake from Microsoft’s research labs in Cambridge have found a way to extract 3D information from an image such as a photograph. The method determines what …
Mark Pesce, co-inventor of VRML at Siggraph Sydney
Mark Pesce: visionary, programmer, poet and co-inventor of VRML will be making a special appearance at the next Sydney ACM SIGGRAPH December 2003 meeting. The meeting will be held at …
Garry Kasparov Vs. X3D Fritz results in tie
The 4th Chess match, where Garry Kasparov takes on the world’s best chess-playing 3D computer program – ChessBase’s Fritz, in a 3D battle has resulted in a 2-all draw.
Siggraph Sydney (Pulse 002) presentation at COFA
Viv forwarded an email from Peter Giles, Head of Digital Media at the Australian Film Television and Radio School about next Tuesday’s Siggraph’s Sydney (Pulse 002) meeting at COFA. Representatives …
Alias-Wavefront ships Maya 5
The Academy winning software by Alias Wavefront has now reached a new level with the release of Maya 5. The new version of the software which is used by a …
GRAPHITE 2003 Conference Screening
There will be a screening of the GRAPHITE Electronic Theatre Festival and presentations of the events/conference tomorrow night at the Australian Film TV and Radio School, Main Theatre – Tuesday …
Hael Kobayashi talk on the future of computer graphics in filmmaking
Viveka Wiley, Chair of Sydney ACM SIGGRAPH forwarded me an email of an upcoming talk by Hael Kobayashi on the future of computer graphics in filmmaking and career paths within …
The Cathedral exclusive clip
Pete forwarding me this url of a 3d resource site, and an interesting article on “The Cathedral” exclusive clip. The Cathedral is an animated short film created by Tomek Baginski, …
Modelling Yoda with Ken Brilliant
Modelling master Ken Brilliant shows you how to model Yoda in a great 3D modeling and texturing tutorial ::: http://fineart.sk/tut/yoda/Yoda_Tut_p1.htm This tutorial is located in the fantastic “Anatomy Pictures for …
Corto Maltese – La Cour Secrete Des Arcanes
The website of the film trailer I saw when I was in Paris earlier in the year. Corto Maltese – La Cour Secrete Des Arcanes is an animated film which …
Production I.G. create Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex
A new animated film by Production I.G. the animation house behind some of the successful films such as Ghost In the Shell, Paltabor and Blood:The last Vampire. Their recent production …
Some interesting 3d and simulations
Some interesting 3d and simulation s over at www.reinvigorate.net
Jens Magnus Karlsson Chapter3 website
I re-visit the always impressive “Chapter3” website of Artwork by Jens Magnus Karlsson ::: http://chapter3.net/ and James Widegren’s Idiocase website ::: http://www.idiocase.com
A useful resource site on Anatomy
Dave McGrath forward me this interesting url on anatomy books, urls, resources, on the human form including, muscle, feet, arms and body anatomy for animation, film, web, etc. ::: http://fineart.sk/index.html